Progressivism - is a (political/social) attitude favoring or advocating changes or reform through governmental action. (Usually the opposites of conservatism) (A belief in making improvements to society).
Progressives - people who support this idea/theory/reformers for this change.
Progressive Era - a period of social activism and reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s.
Progressivism (effect) - a response to the changes of industrialism and urbanization.
Muckrakers- a reporter or writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports involving a host of social issues, broadly including crime and corruption and often involving elected officials, political leaders and influential members of business and industry (basically truthful reporters that tell the current situations) (also turned public attention toward social, economic, and political injustices).
Social Gospel - A concern of outrage at social and economic injustice combined with human sense of social responsibility.
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CHP 21: The Rise of Progressivism
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